So much for women in politics
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Sarah Palin is stepping down from her post as governor of Alaska. Maybe she read my article!
I have a confession to make. I've always found Sarah to be a little ditzy. And what she's doing seems to be the logic of a ditz.
If her plan is to run for president, she still has 2 1/2 to 3 years before the 2012 elections. What is she going to do until then?
Also, isn't it irresponsible to quit mid-term a position at which she is so successful? Why put the people of Alaska through the instability of her resignation, and then having to get used to another candidate?
Perhaps her multiple roles are getting to her. Too many odd things going on in her family, with a former boyfriend of her daughter’s a bit of a loose cannon, talk shows making disparaging jokes about her family, and even what appears like an unstable relationship (still) with Bristol.
I think if she wins the presidential nomination, and even the election, it will be for the same reasons that Obama won: that she managed to charm a lot of people and had more matter over substance.
Not a promising outlook for the future of American leadership.
Still, to be fair to her, maybe women take hits like hers (the liberal media certainly has been vicious towards here) differently, more personally, and she’s trying to protect her family. Also, I wonder if her husband is giving her the kind of support a wife would give a high-profile husband: making sure dinner was on the table, always at the side in full support, keeping the children out of trouble, etc.
But, if she’s trying to give women leadership a good name, she has failed.
